i give up. no matter what, i always get screwed when it comes to projects like this. planned on reinstalling everything tonight, and probably starting the car up tomorrow. not happening.
first, i cant seem to get the camshaft to sit right in the timing side, so it doesnt sit level at all. so i pretty much have this done:
next, i went to do the same to the intake side. open the package with the gaskets, and suprise! exhaust gasket instead of the intake:
the obvious difference between the two old gaskets:
off to autozone in the morning to get the right one. and hopefully get the cams to sit right. i cannot wait for this clustereff to be over.